Biology:Helenactyna

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Helenactyna
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Helenactyna
Benoit, 1977[1]
Type species
H. crucifera
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
Species
  • H. crucifera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – St. Helena
  • Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena H. vicina

Helenactyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1977.[2] (As of May 2019) it contains only two species, both from Saint Helena: H. crucifera and H. vicina.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Helenactyna Benoit, 1977". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/769. Retrieved 2019-06-01. 
  2. Benoit, P. L. G. (1977), "Araignées cribellates", La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV 

Wikidata ☰ Q3129673 entry